		<title>The UNIX tip Command</title>

		<h1 align="center">The UNIX tip Command</h1>



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<p>The UNIX tip command is a very simple terminal emulator. </p>
<p>It does not support scripting or specific terminal emulation, but it does provide 
  a mechanism to communicate with a target via an RS-232 link, and permit files 
  to be downloaded.</p>
<p>



<h2>Setup</h2>
<dl> 
  <ul>
    <li>Create the file ~/.tiprc containing: 
      <pre>

	force=\377

	raisechar=\377

</pre>
    <li>Invoke tip and specify the I/O port. 
      <pre>

	% tip -9600 <i>device</i>

</pre>
  </ul>
</dl>
<p>where <i>device</i> is the I/O port that you wish to use in order to communicate 
  with the Target.</p>
<p> Unfortunately there isn't much standardization of device names across different 
  UNIX vendors, so you will probably have to ask around a little in order to find 
  out the names of the serial ports on your system. Here are some values that 
  I am aware of.</p>
<table border cellpadding="6" width="55%" align="left">
  <tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> 
    <th width="37%">Vendor</th>
    <th width="63%">Port names</th>
  </tr>
  <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> 
    <td width="37%">Sun Microsystems</td>
    <td width="63%">ttya..ttyb..etc</td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td width="37%">Silicon Graphics</td>
    <td width="63%">ttyd1..ttyd2..etc</td>
  </tr>
</table>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Sending Files</h2>
<p> Normally everything you type is sent directly to the target. However, if you 
  start a line with '~' it is interpreted as a direct command for tip. For example, 
  to download a file you type:</p>
<blockquote> 
  <p> ~&gt; filename </p>
</blockquote>
<p> That is, tilde, followed by '&gt;' followed by the name of the file that you 
  wish to download.</p>
<p> To obtain a complete list of the commands available type '~?'. tip also maintains 
  a large number of variables that control its operation. You may display the 
  state of these variables by typing '~s all'.</p>
<blockquote>
  <p>&nbsp; </p>
</blockquote>
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